Fasting-machine



(NoModeL) A. KINGSBURY.

I PA$TING MACHINE. No. 347,246. Patented Aug. 10, 1886 if H A N U I figO J 'Q UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

ADDISON KINGSBURY, OF SOUTH COVENTRY, CONNECTICUT.

PASTIN'G-QMACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 347,246, dated August10, 1886,

Applieaticn filed September 19, 1885. Serial No. 177,526.

To all whom it may concern: 7 Be it known that I, ADDISON KINGSBURY, acitizen of the United States, residing at South Coventry, Windhamcounty, Connecticut, have made certain new and useful Improvements inPasting-Machines, which improvements are fully set forth and describedin the following specification, reference being bad to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of said machine, andFig. 2 a rear elevation of the same.

My invention relates to machines for pasting continuous strips of paperor cloth as used in covering boxes and other similar articles,

and said invention consists of certainimprove ments on Patent No.306,836, issued to me October 21, 1884. This present invention isintended to cause the machine therein described to move the glued orpasted strips automatically, instead of compelling the operator to drawsaid strips forward a single strip at a time. I have also improvedcertain details, which are hereinafter fully described.

The letter A represents a traveling belt or apron, located over thepasting and feeding mechanism, and taking the place of the fixed tableshown in my former patent,ab0ve referred to. r

Inasmuch as the pasting device, scraper, and

reel-supporting frame are identical in form and action with thecorresponding parts before described I have not thought it necessarytodescribe them in detail here.

Between the reel-supporting frame and the pasting mechanism I havelocated a pair of feed-rolls, c d, which are kept in continuous rotarymotion, when in use, for the purpose of drawing the strip or strips ofpaper from the reel and delivering said paper to the pasting 4o device,

The roller e, which formed the reversingroll in my former patent, ishere utilized to carry the traveling apron A, the opposite end of saidapron being supported b a similar roller, B. On the outer end of rollerB, or its larger wooden roll, (1.

When'about to start the machine, the strip (No model.)

'0! strips of paper it are carried forward between i'eed-rolls c d,through the pasting and scraping devices, and thence upward around theroller 6, resting then on apron A. The strips of thin paper after havingbeen passed through the pasting process become so moistand tensioncaused by the pasting device,

and thus allowing any reasonable number of strips to be pasted and moved(side by side) by a single operator and without the use of contactfeed-rolls.

In addition to the improvements above described I have improved somewhatthe delivery-apron referred to inmy former patent of October2l, 1884.Said apron (see E) travels on suitable rollers, '5 It, as heretofore,but is so connected with apronAthat it travels slightly faster than saidapron A for the following ob- 'ects. travel at the same rate of speed(or if a single elongated apron is used) the abutting ends of the cutstrips remain in contact and stick together, so that as the box-coverersattempt to pick up a single strip they disarrange the strip nextfollowing and frequently drop it, paste side down, on said apron. Toovercomethis difficulty Iso connect the two aprons that thedelivery-apron travels slightly faster than apron A, and it will beunderstood that as soon as the pasted strips are cut into desiredlengths the delivery-apron will move the cut sections forward away fromthe end of the strip which follows. In practice I have speeded the twoaprons so that a space of about one inch is opened between the severalcut sections.

' As a convenient means for measuring the strips to be cut, I haveprovided a wire gage,

I find in practice that if the two aprons,

n, (shown in projection in'Fig. 1,) which may is moved toward apron A,so that their adjoining ends are brought almost into contact, in whichposition the ends of the strips of paper as they pass the shears rest onand are carried forward with the delivery-apron.

In the drawings herewith -shown the two aprons are separated for thepurpose of showing more clearly, and describing the fact that they areindependent of each other in construction and action.

The operator who has the pasting-machine in charge sits or stands nearthe point where the two aprons abut, and moves the aprons and paperforward by means of a crank and the system of belts shown, stopping atthe proper instant to cut off, with the disengaged hand, a section ofpasted paper.

Having thus described my invention, I claim-- -1. The combination, withthe reel-supporting frame and reel and the pasting mechanism,substantially as descrihed,.of a pair of feedrollers located between thepasting mechanism, substantially as described, and the reel, thecarrying-belt A, and an auxiliary deliverybelt adapted to receive thepasted strips as they leave the pasting mechanism, and to travelslightly faster than the pasting and feeding mechanism, as set forth.

2. In combination with a suitable supporting-frame, a paper-supportingreel, mechanism, substantially as described, for pasting one side ofsaid paper, feed-rollers locatedbetween the reel and pasting mechanism,and a traveling apron so located that the pasted paper, when carried tosaid apron from the pasting mechanism, is delivered paste sideuppermost, all being substantially as herein described,and for theobject set forth.

ADDISON KINGSBURY.

Witnesses:

TYLER J. I'IOWARD, FRANK H. ALLEN.

